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In the flurry of blogging that I am sure is occurring in response to the recent California decision, I am joining with those voices as just another upset blogger in the middle of the vast expanse of cyberspace. There has got to be some sense to be seen amidst all of this... I don't even have a word for it. I don't even truly know where to go from there. I am shocked, completely and utterly shocked, that the California Supreme Court would find it fit to uphold a measure that denies basic civil liberties to human beings. We are all guaranteed certain things, and the pursuit of happiness is one of those very basic things we are promised in this country. Yet, it still seems that at every turn someone is trying to deny us that happiness that we are supposed to be able to gain. Is it that only certain individuals are promised the pursuit of happiness? The rest of us have to go for 'fight like hell for your happiness and roll over and accept it when they tell you to fuck off?' That's what it feels like. See, for every step forward, there is a step back. Yes, there are small victories here and there and we should all be happy for those because it is a victory, but you can't tell me you don't get disappointed every time you see a ruling like this one. It makes me angry that I live in a place like this. It makes me terribly upset that people feel so threatened by LOVE that they have to draw lines across it.
I am NOT a second class citizen. I am not diseased. I did not make a decision to "deviate" from some god's divine, ineffable plan. What do you know of that thing's plan anyway? You are just a human. Stop making my decisions for me and stop putting words in {insert deity of choice}'s mouth. You can't know what is meant to happen. What is so wrong with me wanting to marry the woman I love? What is so wrong about me wanting so badly to be committed to the woman of my dreams? Why is it that the way I love is so different from everything else? It doesn't make sense to me. I can't understand how love can be bad. How can it be wrong? What happened along the way that made me less of a person because I love another woman? I charge you, whoever you are, to answer my questions WITHOUT bringing religion, of any denomination, into the equation. That isn't what this is about.
However, let's wander out on that limb for a moment, shall we? Religion. That is what has been used to back most of the fights against the legalization of same-sex marriage. It is a threat to the HOLY union between a man and woman. Well, I have news for you, princess, this marriage issue has absolutely nothing to do with your God. It has to do with my rights as a citizen of the United States. It has to do with what I DESERVE as a human being. It has to do with what my rights are as a member of my state. It has NOTHING to do with faith or religion. It has NOTHING to do with your God, NOTHING to do with your church. I could care less if your church wants to marry me or not. I don't WANT to be married in a church that has to be forced to marry me. For the last time... THIS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS ISSUE! It is a POLITICAL issue, and issue in civil liberties, civil RIGHTS. Rights afforded to EACH and EVERY person in this country. Rights that I am being denied because some bigot wants to bring their God into the picture. Religious freedom, my friends. That's one of the main things the United States was always about. The freedom to believe in whatever you want to believe. MY marriage to another woman would be hurting NO ONE, and yet I am still denied it on RELIGIOUS grounds. Give me an argument as to why I shouldn't be allowed to be married. Make sure it has nothing to do with religion, or matters of faith, and I will listen. Otherwise, your argument will be ignored.
As far as I am concerned, I am allowed to be happy. That happiness should include my right to marry whoever I want to, whether it is a man or a woman. It just so happens I want to marry a woman. That doesn't make me any different than anyone else. We are a normal, happy couple that are very much in love with each other. It isn't an issue of what to call it, either. I mean, in a way it is, but the bigger point is that the current "civil unions" only provide a fraction of the benefits that full, legal marriages provide. Besides, I shouldn't have to call my union something different just because I love differently. All I am asking for is equality under the eyes of the LAW. I want the recognition and benefits afforded to me through marriage by the government. I want the things that normal, happy, straight couples are given because of their marital status. I don't want a church to recognize it. I don't want a Priest or pastor or rabbi to even recognize it. I want the government to recognize my relationship and who I love. I want the government to give me the same things that they are giving married straight couples because I DESERVE it. I go through all the same things any other person does. I go through MORE if you count all the shit I have to put up with on a daily basis just for being gay. Did you know that in the state I am currently in (Montant) I can be fired from ANY job based upon my sexual orientation if they find out? Really, why do I have to hide who I am just to hold onto a job? Or housing? That's right kids, the homos are protected from NOTHING out here.
This fight is not over. At least not for me. I will NOT stand idly by while these vultures get away with shoving me under a rug. I will NOT be quiet and I will not shut my mouth, no matter if the people around me don't want to hear my message. I am done with it. I am DONE being forced to watch as my rights are denied, as my pursuit of happiness is completely ignored. I may only be one person, but I am one DAMN LOUD person.
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https://secure.couragecampaign.org/page/contribute/Fearless
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